Garden Club
Responsibility of Membership
Field Trip to Seven Bridges Tuesday, September 18, 2007 9:30 am We will meet in the DCA parking lot at 9:30 am sharp to carpool to Seven Bridges in Greenwich for a guided tour. Seven Bridges includes beautifully sculptured grounds, a studio art gallery, as well as its architecturally significant bridges that adorn lovely ponds and streams situated amongst untouched natural areas. Guests welcome. (114 John Street, Greenwich)
Sneak a Peak of "Great Gardens" Daryl Beyers, Assistant Editor and Contributor to Fine Gardening Magazine will offer a glimpse via slide show into some of America's very best private gardens that have been featured in the Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program. Many of these gardens are rarely, if ever, seen by the public. Come and sneak a peak? Guests welcome. No charge. Holiday Greens Workshop New this year! Ellen Beery will lead us in creating beautiful candle-wreath centerpieces. In addition, please stay and make an additional centerpiece to be sold at the DCA holiday event. Bring your pruners, gloves, and your best holiday spirit. We'll provide the greens and decorative materials. (Reservations Required). Please RSVP by Friday, December 5th so that we can purchase the appropriate supplies. Call the DCA, 655-9050, for reservations! $15 fee for supplies, $20 for non Garden Club members. Joint Meeting with the Garden Club of Darien The special guest for our joint program with the Garden Club of Darien will be George Hawkins, "Cowboys, Spacemen, and a Theory of Almost Everything: How Responding to Global Warming Connects to Traffic Jams, Housing Prices, Property Taxes, and the Flood in My Creek." George Hawkins is currently the Director of the District Department of the Environment and a Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Princeton University. Fun and Fancy Table Designs Kymrie Zaslow, award-wining creative floral designer specializing in Designs for Home and Entertaining, will bring us "Tips Tricks to maximizing impat and versatility." She will create three different arrangements which promise to brighten up the typically dreary February day with captivating and versatile floral designs. They will be auctioned off following the demonstration. Please come and enjoy a lovely morning with Kymrie and perhaps go home with a delightful creation. Non garden club member guest fee: $15 Rustic European Garden Basket Workshop Peter Saverine, of Colony Florist in Greenwich, will lead us, step-by-step in making our own masterpieces for us to take home. Peter will bring the Fabulous flowers, mosses, flowering twigs, rustic baskets - everything needed (including his expertise) to create these designs, but please bring your own clippers. (Reservations Required) Please call by Monday, March 4th so that Peter can order the proper amount of materials. Call the DCA at 655-9050. The cost is $25 for supplies. (Non Garden Club guests $30). You will not be disappointed! Organic Garden & Lawn Care Lenny Scinto, of Designs by Lee in Stamford, will speak on Organic Plant and Lawn Care. Lenny has been featured on local radio call-in talk shows offering gardening tips and advice. His topic today will be caring for our plants and lawns using organic methods and practices. Bring your questions! Annual Plant Sale The Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale on Friday May 9th, just in time for spring planting. We will have wonderful plants grown in the DCA's own greenhouse by our greenhouse members, as well as perennials donated from the gardens of our garden club members. All members of the garden club are expected to donate time, as well as six perennials, or $20 to underwrite to cost of annuals that are purchased from a local grower. Experienced gardeners and designers will be on hand to offer advice and suggestions. Fourth Annual Members Only Garden Tour Members of the Garden Club are invited for the fourth annual Garden Tour. We will gather for coffee in the DCA's Ellen Biddle Shipman Formal Garden, before carpooling to the nearby gardens.
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Community Association, Inc. 274 Middlesex Road Darien, CT 06820 Telephone: 203-655-9050 Rental Office: 203-655-1054 Fax: 203-655-4009 e-mail :DCA1923@optonline.net |